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SUMMARY:Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening
DESCRIPTION:Grab a pritt-stick and join the Queer Diary team for an evening of nostalgia\, crafting & chance to create your own personal Queer Teenage History Zine! \n\n\n\nDesign the teen mag you wish you’d read\nCollage your fantasy prom-night\nCreate a fanzine for your first crush\nWrite a letter to your younger self\nDraw a coming-of-age cartoon\n\nOr simply sit and doodle with a friendly queer crowd\, to a throwback soundtrack. \nBring your pals\, your date\, or come alone to meet some new friendly faces. \nAll crafting materials are provided by us:  \nPaper + pritt stick + scissors + felt-tips + gel pens + pencils + stencils  🖍 \n+ a load of old teen mags to cut up & re-cycle into your own queer-tastic zine ✂️✂️ \nWe also provide instruction (how to fold a basic zine) and zine-spiration in the form of some zines we’ve enjoyed\, and some we’ve made before\, along with a collaborative playlist\, where you can add your own fave throwback tracks from your teenage years. \nIf you wanna use your own life as inspiration\, we invite you to bring something you’ve kept from your past: a favourite object\, a picture\, a song\, or treasured memory* to use as inspiration on turning them into a Queer-tastic Zine (this is not required – just if you want to!) \n🎟 All tickets to this event are Pay What You Can – booking is essential and spaces are limited\, if you can no longer make it\, please let us know in advance so we can free up a place for somebody else. \nThis event is brought to you by the team behind Queer Diary (the night where LGBTQIA+ adults read their teenage diaries on stage). Find out more about us here: Instagram | TwXtter | Facebook | Linktree | TikTok \nIf you have any questions\, concerns\, or access needs you’d like us to know about\, please email Beth & Josie at: hello@queerdiary.org.uk (we often miss messages sent through Outsavvy). \nQueer Diary Zine-making sessions at the LGBTQ+ Community Centre are supported by funding from Southwark Council. \n*Non-treasured memories also welcome! Teenage troubles\, angst & cringe are all part of life.  Please look after yourself & consider others if choosing to explore or share anything difficult or sensitive.  \nLocation and access: \n\nThe LGBTQ+ Community Centre is in Central London\, near the Tate Modern. The nearest stations are Blackfriars\, Waterloo\, London Bridge\, and Southwark tube.\nLGBTQ+ Community Centre has a quiet room with weighted blankets and sensory toys.\nLGBTQ+ Community Centre cafe serves non-alcoholic drinks only\, with Pay What You Can options available.\nThere is blue badge parking a few metres from the entrance.\nThe venue is step-free\, and entirely on the ground floor with a wide entrance and a lowered counter in the cafe. However\, the toilet is not wheelchair accessible. The Centre has an agreement with several nearby venues (less than 2 min away) that guests can use accessible toilets at Blackfriars Station\, Starbucks\, and the Founders Arms\, and staff can provide an escorting service for anyone using these.\nDogs are welcome.\nThe LGBTQ+ Community Centre is a shared community space. During our session there may be other visitors using the centre\, or other activities going on – you’ll find us by the Queer Diary signs & table of craft materials.\n\nFull information about access at the LGBTQ+ Community Centre is on their website\, and we recommend contacting the Centre directly if you have any specific questions about physical access to the building. \nCovid safety: \nEvent organisers are fully vaccinated and use lateral flow testing regularly. \nWe also welcome the wearing of masks. \nDo not attend this event if you have either Covid symptoms or a positive test result. \nInclusivity and community safety: \nPlease note this event is themed around memories of teenage years gone by\, and is aimed at adult audiences. \nThis is an-LGBTQIA+ centred space. As hosts of this workshop\, we will not assume your gender or sexuality\, or apply gendered pronouns or honourifics (until we learn which ones you use). To make sure everyone feels welcome in this space\, we ask attendees to do the same. \nToilet signage will be gender-neutral. \nDiscriminatory language or behaviour will not be tolerated (including – but not limited to – transphobia\, biphobia\, homophobia\, sexism\, racism\, xenophobia\, classism\, ableism\, fatphobia). \nIf anyone makes you feel uncomfortable in the space\, please tell the event organisers. \nWe may take a few photos at this event\, to publicise future workshops like this – if you’d prefer not to be in photos\, or want to be anonymised in any pictures we publish on our social media\, etc\, please let us know\, we want to make sure we respect your privacy.
URL:https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/queer-diary-zine-making-evening-southwark/2025-07-03/
LOCATION:London LGBTQ+ Community Centre\, 60-62 Hopton Street\, Thames Path\, Bankside\, London\, England\, SE1 9JH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts and crafts
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SUMMARY:Vocal Freedom: Collective Voice Jam!
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to embody sound? To be heard not just as one\, but within a collective? \nJoin My Blood is My Voice this summer\, in a three-part\, trans-led vocal healing space; exploring the alchemy of fortifying the voice through sounding with sonic embodiment\, improvising\, sharing and learning songs\, and vocal jamming. \nWe invite you to explore your voice as a tool of expression\, release\, and connection. Sounding is a method of exploring what the body needs to release tension and expressing this authentically through the voice. It doesn’t always mean musical sounds; we are focused on finding frequencies and vibrations which feel instinctive to make when we listen deeply. \nWe will also learn some songs together and explore different tonalities of our voice – to safely explore the range we want to inhabit vocally outside of gender binaries. \nThis work is not about perfection\, performance\, or pitch. It’s about sounding from the body\, from instinct\, from the parts of us that need to speak\, especially when words fail. \nTogether\, we will:  \n\nEngage in meditative work and deep listening\nExplore sounding and vocal improvisation\nLearn and share songs in communion\nUtilise the voice as a tool to release tension and discover our expressions\nMove gently to support vocal fluidity and embodiment\nReimagine the voice beyond binaries – and beyond fear\nExplore the potentialities within\n\nWho is it for? \nThese sessions are for anyone curious about their voice – no singing experience needed. This space is trans-led\, queer-centred\, and trauma-informed. All bodies and experiences are welcome. You can participate actively or just listen. Presence alone is powerful. \nCome as you are. Let your voice find you. Let us hold that voice together. \nEvery part of the experience is an invitation – never a demand. Our only ask\, is that attendees are mindful of who this space was created by and for – as we seek to cultivate the shared tenderness needed to be seen and held in vulnerability \nThis workshop will be held by tobi\, yuki and petals. \nAccessibility \nOur full accessibility statement is here. \nCovid safety at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre \nTo keep our community safe\, we ask that all visitors do not visit the Centre if they are feeling unwell including headache\, fever\, sore throat\, consistent cough and chills. \nYou can wear a mask if you feel more comfortable. We also have masks and hand sanitiser available at the Centre. \nFor current information on Covid-19 please visit the NHS website. \nDonate to the Centre \nWe rely on donations to ensure that the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre can keep its doors open for years to come. \nTo donate or become a Friend of the Centre\, visit our website.
URL:https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/vocal-freedom-collective-voice-jam/
LOCATION:London LGBTQ+ Community Centre\, 60-62 Hopton Street\, Thames Path\, Bankside\, London\, England\, SE1 9JH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts and crafts,Trans events
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SUMMARY:Flash Dances - Performing Little Queer Tales
DESCRIPTION:We are Homo Promos Theatre Company and Gay Authors Workshop\, and we run creative writing classes for LGBTQ+ people. We’ve published a book\, Flash Dances\, which some of the authors will be reading from at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre. \nReaders include: \n\nStephanie Dickinson\nMargaretAnne Khoury\nAllan MacWilliam\nBoadicea Iceni the Cycling Poet\nAlaster Douglas\nTim Matthias\nCraig Binch\nPhilip Inglesant\nPeter Scott-Presland\n\nAccessibility \nOur full accessibility statement is here. \nCovid safety at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre \nTo keep our community safe\, we ask that all visitors do not visit the Centre if they are feeling unwell including headache\, fever\, sore throat\, consistent cough and chills. \nYou can wear a mask if you feel more comfortable. We also have masks and hand sanitiser available at the Centre. \nFor current information on Covid-19 please visit the NHS website. \nDonate to the Centre \nWe rely on donations to ensure that the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre can keep its doors open for years to come. \nTo donate or become a Friend of the Centre\, visit our website.
URL:https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/flash-dances-performing-little-queer-tales/
LOCATION:London LGBTQ+ Community Centre\, 60-62 Hopton Street\, Thames Path\, Bankside\, London\, England\, SE1 9JH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts and crafts
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